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C. BULLOGK.

GUVEEING EOE CABLES 0E EOPES USED To EEOEEL VEHICLES.

Patented Apr. 7, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER BULLOOK, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

COVERING FOR CABLES OR ROPES USED TO PROPEL. VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,995-, dated April 7, 185.

Application tiled Juy '7, 18S-l.

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GnEs'rna BULLocK, a citizen ofthe United States, residing atNew York city, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Covering for Gables or Ropes Used to Propel Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a covering for cables or ropes used to propel vehicles, to protect them from wear while passing over sheaves or pulleys or any other substance with which they might come 1n contact while in motion. and said cable or ropes still retain their flexibility; also from the wear of a grip or any ot her mechanical device that may be used or applied to connect or attach to a street car or cars, wagon, truck, or any other kind of a vehicle to be propelled by a cable or rope. l attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a section of the cable or rope covered and protected by rings. Fig. 2 is a view of said section of the cable or rope with the front half of the rings cut away. Fig. 3 is an Fig. 4 is a side view of the male part of a clutchring. Fig. 5 is an end view of the female part of a clutch-ring. Fig. 6 is a side view of the female part ot' a clutch-ring with the front halt' cut away. Fig. 7 is an end view of a part of a sectional ring in place, divided in one ofthe grooves made for the wire to hold the parts of a sectional ring together. Fig. 8 is an end view of a part of a sectional ring in place, divided in the center through the mortise and tenon. Fig. 9 is a view in perspective of both parts of a sectional ring before being placed together. Fig. l0 is an end view of a plain ring.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Cable or rope A, with rings D, H, and G, represent a section of the cable or rope protected by metallic rings from wear of its outer strands or wires and retaining its flexibility. Clutch-ring D is made of strong metal and in two parts-female part B and male part C. rllhe female part B is a hollow cylinder whose canal for one half its length is cylindrical, with a thread or screw eut on its inner surface, while the other half is of the shape of the frus- (No model.)

tuin of a cone and made smooth, whose minimum diameter at the end is commensurate with that of the cable or rope, and increases in diameter tothe center or cylindrical part, whose diameter is enough larger than the cable or rope to admit the male part O, as hereinafter described. The male part O is a hollow cylinder whose diameter is commensurate with that of the cable or rope, one end of which is a plain rim the thickness ot' plain ring, Fig. l0. From this rim the diameter is reduced, one lialfthe distance of which is made eommensurate to tha-tof the cylindrical partof the canal ofthe female part B, with thread cutto tit into those ofthe thread or screws iu female part B, while the other half is the frustum of a hollow cone provided with slots 50.15, running in a course corresponding with the strands of a cable or rope. rlhe lrnstum of this cone is made thicker than the place left in the female part B for its reception. that when the parts-- female part B and :nale part O-are in place and screwed together the frustum of the cone ofthe male part t) will be pressed down and grip the cable or rope, creating suliicientfriction 'to cause the clutelrring Dto be stationary on the cable or rope, as represented in Fig. l by clutch-ring l).

Figs. 7, 8, and 9 refer to sectional ring G, that is made of metal and in two parts, each part being one halt' of a ring, one having a tenon, R. on the center ol" each edge, while the other halt' has a mortise, q, in each edge correspending with that of the former. \Vhen these parts are placed together, the tenons it lit into the inortisegand form a ring. On thcoutsidc, and around these parts, and near each end, grooves a u are made forthc reception of wires jj, to bind and hold the parts firmly together, forming sectional ring G, as shown in Figs. l and 2. Vhen these parts are placed on the cable or rope, small wires j j are wound around the partsin grooves a a and fastened together. Plain ring H is made of metal the site and thickness of the other rings, but shorter, and large enough to slide easily on the cable or rope. All the rings are beveled on the edge, as represented by lettori in Fig 2, to allow the cable or rope to retain its flexibility.

The clutch-ring D and sectional ring G can be made two inches in length, while plain ring H had best not be more than three-lourths ot' IOO an inch in length, but all the rings must be of uniform thickness or diameter when placed on the cable or rope, as represented in Fig. l-

- The parts of elutclrring D are placed on and firmly secured to the cable or rope by being screwed together, and then followed by plain rings H for about one hundred feet, when another clutch-ring is placed on the cable or rope, as before, and followed by another hundred feet of plain rings and so on, the clutch-rings being placed about onehnndred feet apart and filled in with the plain rings to near the ends of the cable or rope, when they are to be joined to make it continuous. After the ends of the cable or rope have been joined the lap and portion not iilled is then covered by the sectional rings G, that are placed on the cable or rope, irmly bound together by wiresjj in grooves u u. The ends ofthe wire are twisted together' and protected in grooves u u,- also, sectional rings G are to be used when repairs of rings are required or when the cable or rope stretches or lengthens, as is frequently the case in new cables or ropes. The covering must always be kept full and uniform.

W'hat I claim as my invention7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The clutch-ring D, consisting of the part B and part C, with slots .t rv, united by one part being screwed into the other, in combination with traction-cables, substantially as described.

2. The clutch-ring D and the intermediate plain or loose rings, H, in combination with traction-cables, as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The sectional ring G and wiresjj, in combination with traction-cables, as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The sectional rings G and plain or loose rings H, in combination with traction-cables, as described, and for the purpose set forth.

CHESTER BULLOGK.

Vitnesses:

JOHN T. DnWnnsn, HOWARD Was-NER. 

